Philadelphia Centennial Mineralogy Exhibits

Summary

Mineral and Mineral Technology exhibits at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in the United States Government Building includes mineral specimens and industrial equipment. Exhibit is labeled Smithsonian in center rear. The Alabama exhibit is to the right. The Smithsonian coordinated all of the U.S. Government exhibits and prepared a display on its activities and collections for the exposition.

Subject

Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Record Unit 285 has been re-housed, please check the Master Finding Aid for folder location. Printed above picture: "To accompany Professor Baird's Report on Smithsonian Institution Participation"

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285, Box 26, Folder: 5

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1876

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Artifacts
• Mineralogy
• Specimens
• Exhibitions
• Mining Technology
• Alabama
• Expositions
• Exhibitions--Philadelphia (Pa.)

Place

• Philadelphia (Pa.)
• Alabama

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Exhibit

ID Number

72-2384

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print

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